Country Info
- Lusaka
- Capital
- Kwacha (ZMK)
- Currency
- 9,770,199
- Population
- ZM
- Country Code
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Choma
Travel Blogs from Choma, Zambia
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Sometimes it pays to be unprepared
This is a top pick! ... on spending five days). The British had it much worse. A multiple entry visa costs 240 POUNDS. I'm pretty sure Zambia isn't worth paying $480 to get into. The prices within the country are out of control as well. Zambia ...
Lilongwe to Sinda
... sure all was as safe as possible. With the steering now feeling back to normal, for Corrie, we pushed onto the border with Zambia. The Malawian side was a breeze again however the Zambian side required us to get out our medical books for the first time, ...
Lusaka to Chipata
Another long day of driving 600km to reach Chipata, which is near the Malawian boarder. Not much to see along the way, but we did pass through an intesting village and managed to get a few ...
Floods and power outages
... disconnect the power system from interconnectors in Zimbabwe until the situation stabilizes. The power systems in Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, DRC and South Africa are all interconnected, meaning that any interruption or ...
Local Soccer and Truck loads of fun
Sunday 23rd August. Sadly left South Luangwa and headed towards Zambia but spent a night at a local camp called Mehurti Lodge being constructed in a town called Chipata. Staying here we were lucky to get to go to a local soccer match on a truck with the ...
Painfull drive to the most beautiful campsite yet
... Elephants. It is scary yet nice. As usual we arrived after painfull 5 hours on one of the worse roads I have yet seen in Zambia. This road which seems to go on forever, has not been refurbished since the 60s. The Zambian government's excuse is that if ...
Tikondane
This morning before we set off for Katete, we tried to find a Landrover workshop that could check out the transmission oil which seems to be slowly leaking and causing a bit of concern. After a few failed attempts of locating one on our GPS, we came ...
Tree Camping and Invading Elephants in Luangwa
... , uh huh. Driving back to Lusaka was another 10 hour marathon that we did straight through this time. I hope that Zambia preserves their natural parks and the animal populations. Without those, there isn't very much that your average tourist would ...
Pistol grip AK 47 , Big smash
... . I have motocross boots, a $800 helmet, Wiggis new jacket, good gloves etc... and all of it is quite second hand now. In Zambia the road is a farm yard with cows goats people etc everywhere. A cow walked in front of me so i hit the brakes dam quick, ...
Lusaka to Chipata, edge of Zambia
A whole day, pretty much, in the truck. It was a bit boring but we amused ourselves with Uno and Boggle. We camped at Mama Rula's campsite which was very nice - they had 2 pet parrots! Even though we hadn't rally done anything that day most of us were ...
Crossing the border into Zambia (Mama rula)
At the early hours of this morning we finally left Malawi and crossed the border into Zambia. A small town known as Chipata, and the name of the campsite was Mama Rula, owned by a very scary South African Lady! Actually her whole family was living there. ...
A great loss
After another day trucking we crossed the border, set up camp and played a game of frisbee golf against the other truckers. Rat boy won! However following this things went downhill, one of the site's jack russells grabbed the frisbee (also my bowel) - ...
Familiar faces
... our wedding but this was our first there as a couple and my first visit there in 4-5 years. We spent about a week in Choma, spending time with grandmother. There were three dogs and a cat in Choma, think by the end of it dips was getting quite ...
Chipata and Katembwe
... trip back to Zambia was to revisit my great-grandfather's old farm. Located in the southern part of Eastern province near the Zambia-Mozambique border, it's where my dad spent most of his early years; he recounted to me various stories of his adventures ...
113 Years My Senior! Wait! How Old?
... , presented her with a wheelchair, 2 blankets, 2 dresses, a container of cooking oil and a promise to help care for Zambia's oldest resident. Sadly though, a promise is all it's ever been. In the following two years the government has offered more ...
Oh dear...here we go again!!
Well, the evening of the 7th just involved drinking in the bar, and evading elephants...and drunken people on my way to the loo in the night! The 8th started early with us heading back on a very bumpy road...unfortunately as we were close to our ...
A troublesome border
5th September - Sara and I packed up our tent as early as we could and then asked Ronnie and Peter to meet us at the entrance so we could go to the little souvenir shops again, as this was our last day in Malawi - already! At 11am we arrived in Lilongwe ...
Chipata, Zambia
... -to-find-in-Malawi diesel, we reached the Zambia border in a couple of hours. Leaving Malawi was straightforward and quick; entering Zambia took an hour and a half due to recently introduced new very high visa fees (depending on nationality) as a way to ...
Eternal Celebration
September 2, 2011 I had a very interesting day. The funeral for Mrs. Anne Marie Malesu (Paul's wife, from VVCC) was today. It was my first Zambian funeral – and actually was quite similar to ones in the states; there’s just much more ...
Driving Africa 101
... on roadside, women dressed in bright colors (sunday best) and of course the vast and magnificent landscapes. Since crossing into Zambia, we have been amazed that we can never drive more than a kilometre or two without seeing someone walking, ...
Patience
We left Lilongwe early as we had been warned to expect a long wait at the border with Mozambique. The road to the border saw us directed down a dirt path, where we met another 24 wheeler. We past it, just, with both trucks half in the ditch. Getting ...
Mama Rulas Campsite
Mama Rula's Chipata 11th August 2009 Yet again we had to drive along the Great East Road, a good tar road all the way to Chipata. Had to stop at several police checkpoints but generally just waved through or just exchange pleasantries and tell them ...
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